Trade News – November 2024

New arrival A new brewery group, Sunrise Alliance Beverages, has emerged. It was formerly the holding…

News and views – November 2024

THE BUDGET As it usually does, CAMRA asked its members to lobby their MPs in advance…

Glass of sherry anyone?

I am always amazed by the way that beer ages and the flavours that it can…

Brewery News – November 2024

ALLSOPPS WORK WONDERS Jamie Allsopp’s revival of his family business continues. The latest venture sees the…

Tribute – Nick Perry

Nick, a community champion and pub campaigner from Stoke Newington, died suddenly on 1 October, at…

News & Views – September 2024

BOTTLE JOB Readers may recall that the Government of Scotland recently attempted to introduce a recycling…

Trade News – September 2024

ClarificationIn the printed article in the last edition (page 34) about Marston’s sale of their holding…

Tribute – Geoff Mumford

The independent brewery sector lost an important contributor on 21 July with the passing of Geoff…

Tribute – Elspeth Brady

Few will know the name but many regular beer festival attendees would recognise Elspeth, who was…

News & views – July 2024

PUB CLOSURES The bad news continues. In June the Propel Newsletter reported that, in the first…